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Table 3
Placement of English PhDs, 1976-77 to 1996-97: Findings from Ten MLA Studies
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1976-77
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1977-78
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1978-79
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1979-80
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1981-82
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1983-84
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1986-87
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1991-92
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1993-94
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1996-97
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Tenure-track position
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46.4%
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46.9%
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44.8%
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45.1%
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43.1%
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39.2%
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49.0%
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51.1%
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45.9%
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35.0%
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Non-tenure-track position (full-time)
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20.2%
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22.3%
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20.4%
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23.4%
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22.7%
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22.2%
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25.7%
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21.5%
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20.2%
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24.7%
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Non-tenure-track position (part-time)
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11.4%
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11.4%
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11.7%
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9.9%
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10.9%
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11.6%
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8.7%
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10.3%
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12.3%
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13.0%
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Postdoctoral fellowship
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0.9%
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1.3%
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0.9%
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2.3%
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0.9%
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0.5%
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1.8%
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0.9%
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1.8%
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3.4%
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Academic administration
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0.0%
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0.0%
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2.7%
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2.3%
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3.1%
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2.6%
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2.8%
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2.8%
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1.5%
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2.7%
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Placement outside higher education
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10.0%
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11.1%
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14.2%
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12.0%
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14.2%
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15.3%
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6.8%
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7.1%
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7.8%
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11.7%
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Not employed
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11.2%
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7.0%
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5.3%
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5.1%
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5.1%
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8.6%
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5.3%
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6.3%
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10.5%
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9.4%
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Basis for %s
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1,004
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1,026
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873
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841
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742
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760
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681
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961
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895
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1,144
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Note: The numbers of PhDs used to calculate the placement percentages given in Table 3 count all PhDs whose employment placements were reported as known.
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